Free Kick defending

Has anyone noticed how good we are getting at defending those free kicks with our offside traps? It feels like almost every free kick shot against us have been called offside. It shows how good we have prepared mentally to create these situations. Any thoughts?

We hold the best high line in Europe. Literally every game someone scores a goal against us from a set piece, only for them to turn around and look at the linesman raising their flag. It’s no coincidence that our set piece problem has gone away now that we’re so disciplined at holding our line.

I’m pretty sure a PSG player (thinking Silva) beat our offside trap in our most recent game but we were lucky it was called offside.

Also, I hate the high line. All it requires is one well timed run from deep from the opposition to get on the end of it and somehow teams haven’t figured this out yet and still all go and stand on the last man. Yes it does seem to be working for now, but against teams with a more intelligent coach I can see us coming undone

It's a long way to run to stay onside plus the quality of the cross would have to be extremely good as anything too slow or too high would easily be cut out and finally players would be expected to track runs from deep.

Teams KNOW that one well-timed run and a good delivery is all it takes... you're underappreciating how difficult it is to have that perfect run and perfect delivery at the same time. It's even more difficult considering how quick Alisson is off his line.

I think net VAR will help and I obviously fully support it. However, I think that it is important to remember VAR will not only be used to call offsides that were not called but also to remove false offsides which will lead to more players running through on call that were actually offside. This happened at least once in the first half.

Noticed matip almost played Burnley strikers onside a couple of times because he didn’t push up quick enough like the rest of the defence. Virgil looked pissed at him lol. I could see him shouting “JOEL” all game pretty much lol

One of the most impressive things is how well-worked our offside trap was even with a changed lineup - didn't suffer even when we moved Milner back there. Says a lot about the level of coaching right now.

Which ones? I know the one against Burnley is one of them but I can't think of any other goal being offside. I don't remember the goals we conceded against Arsenal, Chelsea or Spurs being offside. The goal against Leicester definitely wasn't. Which leaves on the Cardiff game and I don't remember it too well. I thought that was onside too.

2 games now the commentators are talking about some opposing team attacker holding VVD on set pieces to neutralize him , this should be looked at by Klopp he is our best player when it comes to headed clearances.

It's very good to see so far but the risk is there to concede, because some opponent can time his run perfectly to take advantage, or one of our players may be in two minds. For example, the Yerry Mina chance in the Everton game was due to TAA playing him onside.

That’s my main worry. There’s always 3-4 opponents that are past the defenders and they’re usually offsides but what if they get the timing just right, or just right enough that the linesman misses the call. It definitely makes me nervous but i try to stay positive about it

I am just waiting for some teams to exploit it though. We defend with a high line which leaves a lot of space for the ball to be played into and hold the line right until the kick is taken which allows the opposition to time their runs. So far it’s been perfect though.